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See It My Way spotlights both the must-see and the often-overlooked sights of a given destination, and it does so by quadrant so you don't crisscross a city when you want to see it all. In this guide, when you are in one neighborhood, we tell you just a bit about everything else there is to see in that same neighborhood. We don't bore you with overwhelming detail, but give you just enough to whet your appetite. This budget-friendly guide also reveals some of the lesser-know secrets that only the locals know about. The author has vetted each of the featured sights. So, pack your bag and get ready to enjoy the art, and culture, and expect encounter the unexpected as you discover "the undiscovered country."

This book explores the history, the reality, and the complex fantasy of American and European Chinatowns and traces the patterns of transnational travel and traffic between China, South East Asia, Europe, and the United States which informed the development of these urban sites. Despite obvious structural or architectural similarities and overlaps, Chinatowns differ markedly depending on their location. European versions of Chinatowns can certainly not be considered mere replications of the American model. Paying close attention to regional specificities and overarching similarities, Chinatowns thus discloses the important European backdrop to a phenomenon commonly associated with North America. It starts from the assumption that the historical and modern Chinatown needs to be seen as complicatedly involved in a web of cultural memory, public and private narratives, ideologies, and political imperatives. Most of the contributors to this volume have multidisciplinary and multilingual backgrounds and are familiar with several different instances of the Chinese diasporic experience. With its triangular approach to the developments between China and the urban Chinese diasporas of North America and Europe, Chinatowns reveals connections and interlinkages which have not been addressed before.